Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Well, the sorting and stacking worked out. No miniatures parted with, but over 60kg of junk to the landfill and the room in a state where the cleaners are able to keep it reasonably dust-free.

I have not since returned to gaming, although I am looking at painting a couple of 28mm figures over the next few weeks as a form of relaxation. If I do, I will post the results here.

Most of my free time has shifted to work at the church - Saint Vincent de Paul, choir, Alpha - and spending time with friends. My reading is almost all a slightly more literary fiction (lots of Tracy Chevalier; but all detailed on my goodreads page). I also spent much of last fall baking bread, and will probably return to baking when the weather cools down here again. I've also found a great hummus recipe!

I have continued to pursue my studies of Renaissance history and over the next week or so will try using yet another blog page to organize my notes and references. Not a perfect tool for the purpose, but readily available wherever I am. The 6sided blog pages seem to has disappeared, but I had little enough there. The other hobby pages I will leave linked for reference, and because who knows when I might return to them?

Thursday, March 6, 2014

As you have probably guessed, my interests have been very differently focused since June of 2013. I will probably not blog much about that, since really it is from a very different place than the audience of the few folks who do visit these pages.

I am making these notes as an aid-memoir for myself. It is time to clear out the dead projects. Not that some might not com eback to life, but so I will have a bit more space for - well, not so much active projects as a saner life.

The objective:

All retained materials in conventional out-of-the-way storage.

No new storage furniture or space - I will fit it in the space I have, except for a few things that make sense elsewhere.

No under-table storage in the new world order.

The method:

Make material to be re-stored evident. Out from under the tables it comes!

Tools in the garage. Since I am not actively crafting, they can go in a storage bin elsewhere.

Clear expired stock. Eliminate all but basic supplied of paint, brushes, etc. When I can take the time to go back to miniatures, I will be able to buy new supplies.

Compress. Get stackable bins and fill them TIGHT with the stuff that should be kept but will not be re-accessed until I go back to miniatures.

To a good home, the projects which will be retired for good. This includes all 28mm except the one totally painted figure, all the non-Renaissance 15mm, and 10mm besides not-SYW and WWII. I will keep the 6mm FPW just in case,but clear out the unpainted 10mm FPW.

I will ALSO downsize the library; military SF and fantasy are especially vulnerable. I will need to reorg the large bookcase (it is big enough for boxes) to be storage instead. There will be double-shelving!